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PSN Outage Due to ‘External Intrusion’
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Following to Users being unable to sign on or greeted with PSN Error Message 80710A06 when trying to log in to PSN, Sony was investigating the cause of the outages, which began late last night. No word on whether or not this outage is related to the same outage occurrences from earlier this month that was likely spurred on by the hacker group known as Anonymous.
Sony tonight issued a statement saying the PlayStation Network outage is due to an “external intrusion” but did not clarify beyond that. A timetable for when PSN will be up and running again was also not provided.
Hacker group Anonymous said today they are not claiming responsibility for this particular outage, however.
The statement in full from Senior Director of Corporate Communications Patrick Seybold can be read below:
An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th.
Providing quality entertainment services to our customers and partners is our utmost priority. We are doing all we can to resolve this situation quickly, and we once again thank you for your patience. We will continue to update you promptly as we have additional information to share.
[via: ign]
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UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception New Details Emerged
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New information regarding Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception has surfaced via OPM. Issue 57 of the mag reveals some new details on the plot, locales and game mechanics of Nate’s next adventure. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception follows Drake, as he searches for a lost city in the Arabian Peninsula.
Spoilers Ahead:
- Drake will be spending most of his time in the Arabian desert, exploring the dunes of Rub’ al Khali.
- You’ll still be globe trotting, visiting places like London and a jungle temple.
- You can expect “all the things you’d expect in a desert” – that includes sandstorms and mirages.
- This creates a dynamic environment to explore, with altering geography, “We’ve done a ton of research…The way sand blows over and curls over the tops of dunes, the way it displaces and flows – it’s almost a liquid,” said creative director Amy Hennig.
- Plot is based around Lawrence of Arabia and Iram of the Pillars – The Atlantis of the Sands.
- Drake and Sully are seen in the Empty Quarter, looking for Iram of the Pillars.
- Apparently, there are bike sections, “We have a strong tradition of vehicular gameplay, and we try not to repeat ourselves,” says ND.
- Story isn’t set in stone yet, but villain Katherine Marlowe is part of a secret order that dates back to the time of Queen Elizabeth I.
- This is not Drake’s last adventure, ND stresses that “the Uncharted franchise was never conceived as a trilogy.”
- Previous characters will be returning, does that include both Elena and Chloe?
- New melee combat system lets Drake fight multiple enemies at once, but also shows him picking up a bottle from a table and introducing it to an enemy’s face. New stealth moves and mechanics have been added as well.
- Naughty Dog said, “We’ll be sure to alert everyone if a public beta is in the works this time around.”
Uncharted 3 is scheduled for a November 1, 2011 release, exclusively on the PS3.
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Portal 2 New TV Spot
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Portal 2 will be hitting TV stations near you sometime soon. As Valve prepares advertising for the game’s April 19 release, the company’s released the first television spot of the upcoming first-person puzzler.
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Battlefield 3 New Spectacular Gameplay Trailer
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EA / DICE has just unleashed a brand new gameplay trailer for Battlefield 3. It’s pretty spectacular. Take a look below.
The video is called “Fault Line: Episode 2 Good Effect” and features some earth-shattering physics effects powered by their new frostbite 2 engine – as well as some scrabbling about on rooftops. Oh, and plenty of destruction.
DICE has called out its rivals in the latest OPM, claiming “our competitors are getting lazy… they had better watch out. We are coming for them.”
The studio’s general manager, Karl Magnus Troedsson, has added that the developer regrets its past neglect of the PC community, and that it’s intent on making it up with Battlefield 3.
Oh, and here’s part one, in case you missed it earlier this month!
Battlefield 3 comes this fall
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